The Knights of Prosperity
ABC | Release Date: January 3, 2007
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
64
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 28 Critic Reviews
Positive:
16
Mixed:
10
Negative:
2
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Washington PostTom Shales
Season 1 Review: "The Knights of Prosperity" is knee-slappingly and side-splittingly funny stuff, or as close to that as TV gets these days. Read full review
80
Arizona RepublicBill Goodykoontz
Season 1 Review: The best new comedy of the season. Read full review
80
Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan
Season 1 Review: The show’s ensemble cast is rock-solid, and makes you instantly root for this goofball gang. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterBarry Garron
Season 1 Review: It bursts with humor thanks to a solid cast, smart writing and a quick pace. Read full review
80
Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert
Season 1 Review: To embrace "Knights," you have to have a taste for the kind of comedy that teases because it loves. Read full review
80
Kansas City StarAaron Barnhart
Season 1 Review: You will regret tuning in even a minute late for the premiere. Read full review
80
TimeJames Poniewozik
Season 1 Review: The show is filled with Lettermanesque non sequiturs and '70s pop-culture arcana... but it has heart too. Read full review
75
People WeeklyTom Gliatto
Season 1 Review: Of the large, nicely peppered cast, I especially like Vergara, who has some of the vamping yumminess of a Catherine Zeta-Jones. [8 Jan 2007, p.35]
75
USA TodayRobert Bianco
Season 1 Review: As in many filmed comedies, at times Knights seems content to substitute movement and scenery for comedy, but the brighter moments compensate for those times when the show goes slack. Read full review
75
New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley
Season 1 Review: "The Knights of Prosperity" has delivered this season where so many new shows have failed: It introduces a serialized story line with characters and a plot that are different and likable enough to warrant a return visit. Read full review
75
New York PostLinda Stasi
Season 1 Review: While every single actor is perfect and perfectly funny in his role, every time Richardson opens his mouth, I nearly spit my Weight Watchers fat-free snack food all over my desk. The guy is brilliant. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleTim Goodman
Season 1 Review: It has a goofy charm and outsize ridiculousness that wins you over -- even if you'd prefer more snark. Read full review
70
San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa TimesCharlie McCollum
Season 1 Review: The best new network sitcom this season. Read full review
70
TV Guide MagazineMatt Roush
Season 1 Review: You'll root for these inept amateurs, but sustaining this premise won't be easy. Read full review
70
The New York TimesAlessandra Stanley
Season 1 Review: The break-in may never take place, but the characters are appealing, and the writing is spirited enough to carry the sitcom at least for a while. Read full review
70
Miami HeraldGlenn Garvin
Season 1 Review: Its raffish ethnic and class humor takes no prisoners. Read full review
60
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen
Season 1 Review: It's a cute show, but the premise is so paper-thin you have to wonder how the writers will sustain "Knights" for a full season, let alone many years, if successful. Read full review
60
Newark Star-LedgerAlan Sepinwall
Season 1 Review: One of the better -- if stranger -- comedy debuts the networks have put out this year. Read full review
60
Seattle Post-IntelligencerMelanie McFarland
Season 1 Review: "Knights" is without question the funniest comedy ABC has on its roster. But look at the network's other options, and you'll understand that's not what you'd call a hard-won honor. Read full review
60
Philadelphia InquirerJonathan Storm
Season 1 Review: There's plenty of that low-key humor that characterized Ed, and the show can be hilarious when the crew gets involved in Keystone Kops capers, but it drags in the middle ground. Read full review
50
SalonHeather Havrilesky
Season 1 Review: Unfortunately, there's an excess of kooky cuteness here. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesPaul Brownfield
Season 1 Review: It was [creators Burnett and Beckerman's] style on "Ed" to be too cutesy by half, and so here Read full review
50
Detroit Free PressMike Duffy
Season 1 Review: Despite the presence of a capable cast of bumbling Robin Hood wanna-bes... "The Knights of Prosperity" quickly devolves into tepid, overwrought whimsy and struggles to sustain its premise. Read full review
50
Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen Gray
Season 1 Review: Their efforts to better their lives through grand larceny feel forced, not to mention doomed. Read full review
40
VarietyBrian Lowry
Season 1 Review: [Knights] has its moments in a "Honeymooners" sort of way but, especially after viewing the second episode, feels destined to run out of gas long before its central sextet gets any satisfaction. Read full review
40
Orlando SentinelHal Boedeker
Season 1 Review: These characters operate with unrelenting silliness. Only the Marx Brothers, in their prime, could have pulled off this caper. Read full review
38
Chicago Sun-TimesDoug Elfman
Season 1 Review: Yes, another comedy starts out with mild promise and quickly tanks. Read full review
30
NewsdayVerne Gay
Season 1 Review: A sweet, gentle, good-natured trifle that is (nonetheless) surprisingly airless and only rarely funny, if that. Read full review
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